Why are ya driven to use MW products?
There are soooo many better finishes available.
What's the project? Does it need to be "bullet proof"?
Bill

 

Yeah, what's the project? Need more info.

 

I use basswood a lot. I stain it before doing my carving of it then finish it with clear krylon. The light wood keeps it's color. I have tried clear polly but it turns the wood darker.

 

If you don't have anything against paint, then flat latex/acrylic wall paint topped with either waterborne poly or solvent CAB acrylic lacquer or rattlecan lacquer will be a reliable durable finish.Been there; done all three ways.

 

Hairy, its not clear from the product link whether this is a spirit based poly. I think it probably is. Spirit based poly tends to yellow or darken light woods. Water based poly doesn't. As far as I can make out neither does the spray Acrylic I use but I'm not sure its available in the states. There must be an equivalent clear acrylic there. Before you ask, no I don't know of any US based products, you'd have to Google it.

 

Thank you all !! I'll go get some water based poly. I was being cheap and trying to get by with what I have on hand.

I'm making a little box on the lathe. I have a request for a snowman, so I will be using all the same stuff.

What I will be doing is painting the basswood to get the white color I want, then sealing it with spray poly. It doesn't need to be bulletproof, just little kid resistant.

In my experience, incompatible finishes have become immediately apparent. I always save scraps doing a project to test finishes on. The paint and poly I have seems to be working, I was thinking about the long term Thanks!!!